Boris Kuzmanovic opened to 9,000 from the cutoff, and received a call from Parahat Nurmuhammedov in the small blind, before Vladislav Dubanov reached for chips in the big blind and produced a three-bet to 36,000.
Kuzmanovic took some time to think, before producing a four-bet to 74,000. Nurmuhammedov quickly got out of the way, and after a relatively brief period of thought, so did Dubanov.
Nicolas Vayssieres raised to 8,000 from the hijack and Apoorva Goel called in the cutoff. Victoria Livschitz also called from the big blind.
On the flop of K♦4♦5♥, the action checked around to the A♣ turn where Livschitz and Vayssieres checked, and Goel bet 17,000. Livschitz called, and Vayssieres folded.
An 8♣ dropped on the river and after Livschitz checked, Goel bet 28,000. Livschitz dumped all of her time-bank cards into the pot, which indicated she had a tough decision. After thinking for around a minute, she elected to fold, which left her with a stack of around 50,000.
Hannes Jeschka raised to 8,000 from the hijack with Kuljinder Sidhu calling out of the cutoff before Berthold Winz three-bet to 34,000 from the big blind. Jeschka four-bet shoved for roughly 141,000, which got a fold from Sidhu, but a snap-call from Winz.
Hannes Jeschka: J♠J♣
Berthold Winz: A♠A♥
Jeschka had run straight into Winz's aces and needed the dealer's help to survive. The flop of 8♠10♠5♣ wasn't what Jeschka was looking for, but the J♦ turn catapulted him into the lead with top set. A safe 6♠ hit the river and Jeschka doubled his stack.
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Adrian Cazacu was on the button and ended up getting his stack of around 90,000 in the middle preflop against Ray Qartomy, who was in the big blind.
Adrian Cazacu: 9♦9♠
Ray Qartomy: A♣K♣
Qartomy started the hand with slightly over 200,000, but was down to around 130,000 by the end of it as the Q♦4♦J♠9♥8♥ runout gave Cazacu a set of nines. It's been a rough start to the day for Qartomy, who began with nearly 400,000 in chips, but is now down to around 30 big blinds.
With the board reading J♥5♠4♠6♦, Aleksei Savenkov in middle position was seen putting Pablo Silva all-in for 48,000 in a pot of 80,000, and Silva snap-called on the button.
Pablo Silva: Q♠Q♥
Aleksei Savenkov: 3♠3♥
Silva needed to fade just two outs, and when the 5♥ appeared on the river, he secured his double-up.